BarCampLondon3 video: DIY user research - A Consuming Experience
oooh look - someone took some video of my presentation at the last London Barcamp
(tags: research user-research ucd barcamp)

Twitter and Ambient Intimacy on MIT Technology Review
I’ve been a bit late bookmarking this one but it is worth a watch
(tags: ambientintimacy twitter socialnetworks)

YouTube - Twitter in CSI
Similarly, a little late bookmarking this one too, but here Twitter makes an appearance in CSI… I rate CSI all the more highly for going Twitter and not [...]

The Global Sympathetic Audience - New York Times
Mainly, [Twitter and Tumbler] describe the minutiae of their day, but when their lives take more dramatic turns, they often take the network along in real time.
(tags: ambientintimacy)

Making Agile User Centered « Derivadow
“I’ve written previously about using an envisaging team to scout out ahead. Not to design the solution but to understand the problem space … and report this back in a coherent fashion to the rest of the team. “
(tags: agiledesign AgileUCD methodology)

A List Apart: Articles: Get Out from Behind the Curtain
“Including clients in the design process” may sound like death by a thousand paper cuts. I used to think that designing with clients was a really bad idea. I didn’t want them around me while I was “doing my work.” They just seemed to get in [...]

adaptive path » demystifying data analysis
I always get a little miffed when I hear user-experience folk describe their data analysis process as looking for “a-ha moments.” … it leaves one with the impression that coming up with research insights is an experience of epiphany…
(tags: data design ethnography research analysis)

New Statesman - Intimacy issues
It’s important for our digital identities that we disentangle all this information to form a coherent notion of private space.
(tags: ambientintimacy socialnetworks)

Post-it art - Blog - Etre
(tags: post-it stickies)

Usability test software tool: Excel data logger
his spreadsheet allows you to measure task completion rates, analyse questionnaire data, and summarise participant comments. It even includes a timer so you can measure time-on-task. The spreadsheet is highly customisable.
(tags: research resource templates usability)

Viewing Facility, Focus Group Facilities, Market Research Recruitment
Welcome to a comprehensive and easy-to-use reference guide [...]

Link Alert :: Firefox Add-ons
Changes the cursor to indicate the target of a link… A great way to avoid accidentally clicking on a mailto link disguised as a hyperlink. Although, it would be much nicer if you just stopped designing it this way people…
(tags: extensions firefox mailto)